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The thyroid conditions Hashimoto's disease and Graves' disease are two of the most common autoimmune diseases, and are the most common causes of most thyroid conditions. You may actually have Hashimoto's or Graves', and not even know it! But did you know that having one autoimmune disease also may put you at risk of developing others? Or that many autoimmune disease patients have low-level symptoms of other autoimmune diseases, without being formally diagnosed with those other conditions?

There are literally hundreds of risk factors and symptoms for autoimmune disease, and a closer look at them can help pinpoint and close in on more specific conditions. But across the board for the as many as 80 different autoimmune diseases, there are very specific symptoms found in particular conditions, but certain symptoms have been identified as what are called "super-symptoms," which you tend to see in almost all autoimmune conditions.

What are some of these "super-symptoms?" Check off and see how many of these symptoms of an autoimmune disease that you have...

___ JOINT/MUSCLE PAIN

___ GENERAL MUSCLE WEAKNESS

___ INFECTIONS: Greater susceptibility and more frequent infections -- such as urinary tract, bladder, gum, skin or vaginal infections, as well as viruses -- and slower recovery from those infections

___ RASHES

___ FATIGUE

___ LOW-GRADE FEVER

___ NUMBNESS/TINGLING IN HANDS/FEET

___ DRY EYES / DRY MOUTH

___ WEIGHT LOSS: 10-15 pound range

___ HAIR LOSS

___ SHORTNESS OF BREATH: both general, and on exertion, feeling the need to yawn to get a full breath, or heaviness in the chest that makes breathing more difficult.